Volvo S40 mirror lens retrofit

[smijus]

I was going to ask about the light behind the mirror glass. Did you ever think about painting or wrapping the back side of the lens? Just wondering if it's distracting at all while driving?

 

[GetLuckiFX]

the turn signal slightly sticks away from the back of the cover, and I kind of like the fact I can see the little halo of it being on, at night people behind me can see it too, so it's just an extra indication I am making a turn, and no it's not distracting at all, the angle it is in, while seated inside the car doesn't create a weird reflection or annoyance. In the daylight you can't see it.

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but if it does, you can use a black silicone from inside the cover around the turn signal to seal any light leak into the mirror housing.

 

[smijus]

Cool, planning on running like yours, just interested in your opinion.

 

[GetLuckiFX]

Cool, I was originally thinking of placing the LED arrows behind the mirror glass, but then the way those shine after a chunk of mirror housing is cut away to make room for it, it makes up for it better

 

[ocal21]

Looks real good now u just need to start mass production and selling it to members.

 

[GetLuckiFX]

ha ha if you wanna figure out the logistics we might

 

[smijus]

Lenses arrived today. The fun starts this weekend.

 

[GetLuckiFX]

Awesome!! Can't wait to see your results Justin. I'll be around if you have any questions. Have fun

 

[smijus]

Yeah, I imagine that once I get the cover off I'm going to have some questions on what was trimmed on the mirror itself.

 

[smijus]

Hey Adam, I'm starting to work on this and I'm interested as to how you were able to get the cover to connect on the bottom. The stock cover has some plastic clips built in that will have to be removed to mount the lens. Is that where you used the tape or did you have something else in place?

 

[la_fx35]

Ah, good question. How, Adam?

 

[GetLuckiFX]

Yes I cut the bottom clips off. I used hot glue (glue gun) on there to keep it in place. Silicone would work too.

 

[smijus]

Sorry, I meant specifically how did you get the bottom of the cover to stay in place on the mirror body itself?

 

[GetLuckiFX]

Oh, didn't really do anything special for it to stay in place, it just lined up fine after the whole cover was back on the mirror housing.
But I did run a sealer from inside to fill in the gap between the signal and the cover/housing so that kind of assed overall sturdiness. If that makes sense

 

[smijus]

Gotcha, I have everything masked off and templates in place, will probably wait for tomorrow to do the first cut...

 

[GetLuckiFX]

Cool, looking forward to see how yours will come out.

 

[Slamming45]

Nice write up, great results! Looks fantastic!

 

[smijus]

Today's progress, now just need to figure out how to affix it to the cover.

 

[Bklynjohn718]

Wow looks good!

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[RIPnFX]

Great job so far bro, looks good